Select the true statement about the solubility characteristics of drugs.

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Some drugs are more soluble in the blood and like staying there (volatile liquids), or they are not very soluble in the blood and can't wait to move out of the blood (nitrous oxide, desflurane, sevoflurane). This solubility characteristic is called the blood: gas partition coefficient. The greater the number value of this coefficient (enflurane 1.8), the more soluble the drug is in the blood. The more soluble anesthetics have a longer onset of action because they require more anesthetic to dissolve in the blood before enough drug molecules are available to cross into the brain.

Select the True Statement About the Solubility Characteristics of Drugs